Bill-holder



(No Model.) J R. & J. FERGUSON.

BILL HOLDER.

Patented Peb. 9. 1886.

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JAMES R. FERGUSON AND JOHN FERGUSON, OF CHESTER, CONNECTICUT.

BILL=HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION formng part of Letters Patent No. 335.907, dated February9, 1886.

Application flled May 20, 1885.

.T0 11% whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JAMES R. Fnneoson and JOHN FERGUSON, citizens ofthe United States, residing at Chester, in the county of Middlesex andState of Connecticut, have in vented certain new and useful Improvementsin Devioes for Holding Book-Leaves, Papers, Bills, &c.; and we do herebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, au d exact description ofthe sar'ne, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a partof this speci fication, and to the letters and figures of referencemarked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a perspective view of our invention; Fig. 2,en under side perspective view showing our improvement applied as apaper-file or billholder, and Fig. 3 en edge view thereof.

The present inveution has for its object to provide a spring holdingdevice or clamp that can be usedi'or holding the leaves of books inplaoe; also i'or filing away bills or papers, holding shoe-strings, andother articles in stores, and the various uses to which the ordinaryspringclip may be applied.

The invention therefore consists in a braoket provided with cams at itsends, and a spring elamp formed of wire and oonnected to the ends of thebracket, and operating in conuec tion with the cams, as will behereinafter de scrbed.

In the acoompanying drawings, A represents the bracket, and B the clampformed of springwvire. In the coustruction of this olamp we have shownit formed of a metal tube, as beiug more preferable, but it may be madeof other material, and. solid and flat or other shape, as foundpreferable. When not made hollow, the bracket should have a mor tise ordepression at its ends to receive the ends aof the wire clamp B,wherebytheclamp is held in engagement with the bracket. Upon the ends of thebraoket A are cams b, against whieh the inner side of the elbows 0, orat the point where the ends are bent at right angles, bear. The caxns bwill firmly hold the wire clarnp B against the book-leaf, bill, or otherartiole placed under t, aud when the clarnp is raised the bent end orelbow c following the incline of the cam aud hearing against it, theends of the clamp will beforced out laterally, and when released thespring in the wire will cause the clamp to resume its normal position.If preferred, stops d may be formed at the extremity of the cams toSerial Nu. 160,187. (1\'o model.)

prevent the loraoket rom being swung too far back.

In Fig. 1 we have shown the device as adapted to be l'astened against awall or other stationary object, and in Fig. 2 to be used as a bill orpaper file, the invention being applicable to various uses, and eithermade ornameutal or plain, to snit the taste of the purchasers. lt willbe notice'd that the bracket A is swiv eled 01 pivoted to the fasteningdevice O, as shown in Fig. 1, the object thereof being to allow thebra-cket to yield when used for hold iug the leaves down in place. Theadvantage of tliis is to allow the bracket to adapt itself to the formof the book when all 01 most all of the leaves are on one side. Thus thebraaket is capable of securely holding a single leaf as well as theremainder of leaves 011 the op posite side of the book, this being animpor tant feature when our inveution is applied as ahook-leat' holder.

We do not desire to oonfine 011. 1 irwention to any special means ofpivoting the braoket, So long as it is capable of a yielding n1otion ateither eud it Would come within the scope of our invention, andtherefore the means shown is only one in rnany that may be used Withadvantage.

Hewing now fully desoribed our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A deviee for holding bookleaves, bills, papers, and other artieles,consisting of asuitable bracket adapted to be attached to asuitablesupport aud having cams at its ends, and a spring-wire elamp with eudsbent to engage with the euds of the braoket and operatingiu conneotiouwith the cams, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. A device or holding book-leaves, bills, papers, aud other articles,consisting of a pivoted bracket having carn ends, in combination with aspringwire clamp engaging with the euds of the bracket aud operatiuginconnection With the cams substautially as and for the purpose speeified.

In testimouythat we claim the above we have hereunto subscribed ournames in the presenoe of two witnesses.

J AMES R. FERGUSON. JOHN FERGUSON.

\Vitnesses:

N. O. PERRY, I. WM. BAILEY.

